Samsung Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic is Up for Pre-orders in Canada

Samsung announced its round Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic smartwatch earlier this month at IFA 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

Canadian residents, if you’re thinking about getting your hands on the Samsung Gear S2 or the Gear S2 Classic, you’ll be glad to find out that Best Buy Canada is now taking pre-orders of the smartwatches.

The simple Gear S2 is going to set you back by CAD 400 ($301) while the Gear S2 Classic carries a CAD 430 price tag. The retailer expects to ship the pre-orders of both smartwatches from October 2nd, which isn’t too far off.

As far as the specifications are concerned, the Gear S2 features a 1.2-inch circular Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 360 x 360 pixels with a 302 ppi pixel density, a 1GHz dual-core Exynos processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB internal storage, a 250 mAh battery and ships with Tizen as its operating system out of the box. Other features include IP68 certification making the device dust and water-resistant, Bluetooth 4.1, WiFi and NFC connectivity.